"There is nothing wrong or nothing not alright that Givedirectly does wrong. Everything is alright and we are thankful"

"Receiving this money means having a decent house, my house is in a very bad state, it is also grass thatched. Every year we change the roof, right now am worried because this year i do not have enough grass for the roof. As if that is not enough I smear the floor with black mud every week which is tiresome and water is also scarce. With the transfers that I will receive I will renovate my house and buy iron sheets for roofing. Thank you Givedirectly for the opportunity."

"Lacking of basic needs that every person deserves to have for example good sleeping place due to lack of money as we muchly depend on selling firewood or charcoal if we are able to sell that day is at 1000- 2000 Malawi kwacha which we can't even save for something big we just use it to buy relish and soap at sometimes but its not everyday that we manage to sell sometimes we end up not selling anything"

"I was very excited when I received that money because I had never gotten this amount of money in my life"

"I am excited and grateful that I will receive this money, it will help me alot as you can see my house is thatched with grass, i will use the money to buy iron sheets, and the rest of it, I will invest in farming so that I should be having food for my family throughout the year"

"We are facing hunger because there are pests and diseases that are rampant and destroying our maize in the field, we are not benefiting from the government cheap fertilizers so these factors alone are resulting in lower harvest more especially last year"

"The biggest difference in my daily life will definitely be owning a good house,having a good life its life,i feel secured that either me or my children will ever suffer just because of shelter,all this wouldn't have been possible without GiveDirectly so I'm really grateful."

"All my life my biggest worry has been shelter,i have been trying to raise a few kwacha's just to start building a house but to no avail,the coming in of this programme has served me because i have managed to start up with the house project,with my first transfer i have bought house building materials such as ironsheet,bags of cement,nails and Timba used for roofing the house. Apart from the house project i spent part of the transfer to buy 2 bags of maize since food is also important,apparently I'm waiting for my second transfer so that i should start with the foundation and everything."

"I spent KES 38,000 to support my 5 children's education since they had huge fee arrears. My elder son had completed secondary school but he failed to obtain his results due to the huge fee arrears of KES 30,000. After receiving the transfer, I paid the fee balance for the elder son and pay KES 8000 for my 4 other children who are still in primary schools. I also purchase a bed and mattress for KES 10,800 this is because I was using a traditional bed that had broken legs and it was not comfortable to use. The remaining amount assisted me in purchasing enough food for the family."

"I had just arrived from the shop where I had gone to purchase flour to prepare lunch since we always have two meals per day. After reaching home I noticed there is a message on my phone. I was overwhelmed with joy when I realized that I had received my transfer. I had never received such a huge amount of money in my life. I was grateful for the transfer."